(Bet you wish you hadn't asked whether the tutorials were any good!) Well yes, I'd have to say that the whole series of tutorials that I've now
fully completed has been a pretty good intro to Java programming - here's the
link to the tutorials.
Why do I rate the tutorials?
Well my first mistake was to dive in too deeply. I bought myself an Android Development book (Beginning Android 4 Application Development), struggled and got to about page 70, kept making errors that prevented my
test apps from compiling and realised that I needed to take a step backwards and learn something about Java.
Next step was not quite as frought but still had issues in that I bought the book 'Head First Java'. Now don't get me wrong, this seems like a really good book but the previous problems I'd had with Android which were mostly about setting up projects / packages / main classes etc. etc. started to recur so I felt I needed to do a real beginner's set of tutorials and that's where I found the link in my first para.
Funny as someone else posted a "Where do I start to learn Java"
thread yesterday
(link here) which I found useful so, having finished the tutorials I mention, I'm now off...
Reading a book called 'Introduction to Programming using Java'. (link here)Reviewing another set of tutorials here And generally scouring the web for Java learning opportunities
FYI. Prior to the tutorials I mention in my first para, I spent at least 1 month going round and around in circles on Android / Java etc. etc. I don't feel out of the woods on all this yet but feel as though I'm starting to understand some of the basics.
That's why I thanked you guys earlier. It's a stuggle down here at the bottom of the heap and, personally, I appreciate all the help you guys are willing to offer!